Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Sarcophagus of the Spouses
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Sarcophagus of the Spouses
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Alternate Title:
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Sarcofago degli Sposi
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Image View:
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Detail, upper torso and head of man with beard and long hair
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Creator:
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unknown (Etruscan sculptor)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Etrusco (Villa Giulia) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
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GPS:
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+41.918375+12.477657
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Date:
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ca. 525-500 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Etruscan
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Style Period:
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Greco-Etruscan
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Work Type 1:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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cremation urn
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Classification:
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Sculpture and Installations
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Material:
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terracotta
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Technique:
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modeling (forming)
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Measurements:
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1.14 m (height) x 1.9 m (length)
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Subjects:
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death or burial; funerary art; human figure
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Description:
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In the second half of the 6th century BC the Ionian style of the Greek cities of Asia Minor captivated the Mediterranean world, and Cerveteri produced some of the finest examples of the new style. Caeretan ash urns now took the form of couches, sometimes the funeral couch, more often the banquet couch, on which figures of the dead reclined, smiling. Here, life-size figures of a man and woman recline together, the man’s right arm around the woman’s shoulders, both smiling and gesticulating animatedly. They have egg-shaped heads, long, oval faces with arched eyebrows and slanting eyes, short noses with rounded nostrils, and the 'Archaic smile'. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-E-VG-SOTS-A06
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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